Marred ever-so-slightly by a bizarre ending, this is still a picture that challenges the audience, encourages them to explore the elements within it, and rewards them for being open to possibilities. For bleakness, the movie cant be beat — nor for brilliance. There Will Be Blood dvd Trailer Daniel Day-Lewis bestrides the narrow world like a colossus as Daniel Plainview, a turn-of-the-last-century prospector for gold and silver who stumbles upon oil in rural California and goes after it with the ferocity, focus, and ethical sensitivity of a f Andersons triumphant epic about the bone-breaking, death-defying, orphan-making early days of the oil industry will serve as a benchmark for all of his future films. If Day-Lewis isnt front and center, the film drags with themes such as oil vs. religion, and greed is always around almost as if Terrence Malick had directed Citizen Kane.
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